Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 03:58:28 06/06/01
...is that Fritz played the Dutch open just last year, on a quad, and it didn't win, it didn't even got second. It got _third_, and this while several players forfeited vs it in protest. We're only one year of development further now, and the hardware will be twice as fast, *no more*. Not even a ply more for Fritzie. The Dutch are pretty ok as far as chess is concerned, but it's not like they have any players that are remotely as strong as Kramnik. It was not in the top 2 of Dutch players, and now it is supposed to stand a chance vs. the World Champion? Uhh, well maybe if he gets sick or crazy or something. ChessBase likes people to forget this, but the truth is that their 2700+ SSDF ELO player can't even stand up to 2550 human ELO opposition. Witness the 'genius' at action for yourself: Van Wely - Fritz, 7th round NK 2000 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 O-O 7.e4 Frans Morsch: 'its over now' 7...a6 8.a4 d6 9.d3 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Ne2 Qc8 12.h3 b6 13.f4 Be6 14.f5 Bd7 15.g4 Ne8 16.Ng3 Qd8 17.g5 Bc8 18.h4 f6 19.Qh5 Na5 20.Ra3 Qe7 21.Nf1 Nc6 22.Ne3 Qd7 23.g6 h6 24.Ng4 Ra7 25.Rg1 1 - 0 [D]2b1nrk1/r1pq2p1/ppnp1pPp/4pP1Q/P1P1P1NP/R1PP4/6B1/2B1K1R1 b - - 0 25 -- GCP
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